Ronald L. Drumheller resume

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Ronald L. Drumheller

Education:

University of Illinois
June 1969 - J.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
June 1965 - S.B.

Bar Memberships:

New York (1970)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1970)
Various Federal Courts

Legal Positions Held:

1993 - present - Of Counsel
Michaelson & Associates
Red Bank, New Jersey

1989 - 1993 - Senior Attorney
IBM Corporation (T.J. Watson Research Center)
Yorktown Heights, New York

1986 - 1989 - Staff Attorney
IBM Corporation (Corporate Headquarters)
Purchase, New York

1977 - 1986 - Patent Attorney
IBM Corporation (T.J. Watson Research Center)
Yorktown Heights, New York

1973 - 1977 - Patent Attorney
North American Philips Corporation
Briarcliff Manor, New York

1969 - 1973 - Patent Attorney
Kenyon & Kenyon, Reilly, Carr & Chapin (now Kenyon & Kenyon)
New York, New York
1993 - present - Of Counsel Michaelson & Associates Red Bank, New Jersey 1989 - 1993 - Senior Attorney IBM Corporation (T.J. Watson Research Center) Yorktown Heights, New York 1986 - 1989 - Staff Attorney IBM Corporation (Corporate Headquarters) Purchase, New York 1977 - 1986 - Patent Attorney IBM Corporation (T.J. Watson Research Center) Yorktown Heights, New York 1973 - 1977 - Patent Attorney North American Philips Corporation Briarcliff Manor, New York 1969 - 1973 - Patent Attorney Kenyon & Kenyon, Reilly, Carr & Chapin (now Kenyon & Kenyon) New York, New York
Legal Experience:

Prepared and prosecuted many patent applications involving, e.g.: mainframe, midsize, workstation and PC computer systems and software, including parallel, massively parallel and distributed processing, multiprocessing including pipelining, RISC and out of sequence processing, client-server, clocking and load balancing systems, shared and distributed data systems, database searching, sorting and versioning software, on-line transaction processing software; communication networks, including cross-point switches; disk storage apparatus including fault-tolerant and RAID systems; hierarchical memory systems, including store-thru, store-in, multi-level, distributed and disk caches; graphical user interfaces; task and context scheduling and switching; address translation tables and processing; branch prediction mechanisms; lock management and I/O systems; semiconductor device structures, materials, fabrication equipment and methods, including optical, e-beam, ion, laser and x-ray microlithography, mask technology, aligners and steppers, single crystal growth, epitaxial deposition, dry and wet etching, ion implantation, sputtering, electroplating, chip and board packaging, including solder bonding techniques, cooling and testing systems; scientific instruments, including STM, optical acoustic and e-beam microscopy, spectroscopy, spectrophotometry, chromotography and interferometers; lens systems, fiber optics, waveguides, gas and semiconductor lasers, gas scrubbers and process controllers; CRT tubes, channel plates, electron multipliers, electroluminescent coating, LCDs, optical and ultrasonic scanners and facsimile; medical technology, including electrocardiographs, x-ray tubes, x-ray recording, x-ray displays, x-ray generation and control circuits, heart defibrillator, catheterization, neutron therapy and medical diagnostic cross-sectional imaging systems; and circuits, including power supplies, semiconductor amplifiers and control systems.

Negotiated and drafted: patent, copyright, trademark and "know-how" licenses, purchase and sale agreements; product development, manufacturing, marketing, escrow, support and service agreements; employment and non-compete agreements; confidential and proprietary information and trade secret disclosure and use agreements; drafted customer software licenses and other customer agreements; and participated in the negotiation and drafting of agreements for joint ventures, alliances, business acquisitions and businesss divestitures.

Experienced in handling a full range of corporate intellectual property matters and business decision counseling, including patent, copyright and trademark clearance investigations, infringement studies and opinions, new product counseling, handling invention disclosures, including invention definition and valuation counseling, conducting prior art investigations and preparing patentability opinions.

Experienced in patent interferences and ex-parte proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Managed a corporate patent portfolio in optical technologies.
Prepared and prosecuted many patent applications involving, e.g.: mainframe, midsize, workstation and PC computer systems and software, including parallel, massively parallel and distributed processing, multiprocessing including pipelining, RISC and out of sequence processing, client-server, clocking and load balancing systems, shared and distributed data systems, database searching, sorting and versioning software, on-line transaction processing software; communication networks, including cross-point switches; disk storage apparatus including fault-tolerant and RAID systems; hierarchical memory systems, including store-thru, store-in, multi-level, distributed and disk caches; graphical user interfaces; task and context scheduling and switching; address translation tables and processing; branch prediction mechanisms; lock management and I/O systems; semiconductor device structures, materials, fabrication equipment and methods, including optical, e-beam, ion, laser and x-ray microlithography, mask technology, aligners and steppers, single crystal growth, epitaxial deposition, dry and wet etching, ion implantation, sputtering, electroplating, chip and board packaging, including solder bonding techniques, cooling and testing systems; scientific instruments, including STM, optical acoustic and e-beam microscopy, spectroscopy, spectrophotometry, chromotography and interferometers; lens systems, fiber optics, waveguides, gas and semiconductor lasers, gas scrubbers and process controllers; CRT tubes, channel plates, electron multipliers, electroluminescent coating, LCDs, optical and ultrasonic scanners and facsimile; medical technology, including electrocardiographs, x-ray tubes, x-ray recording, x-ray displays, x-ray generation and control circuits, heart defibrillator, catheterization, neutron therapy and medical diagnostic cross-sectional imaging systems; and circuits, including power supplies, semiconductor amplifiers and control systems. Negotiated and drafted: patent, copyright, trademark and "know-how" licenses, purchase and sale agreements; product development, manufacturing, marketing, escrow, support and service agreements; employment and non-compete agreements; confidential and proprietary information and trade secret disclosure and use agreements; drafted customer software licenses and other customer agreements; and participated in the negotiation and drafting of agreements for joint ventures, alliances, business acquisitions and businesss divestitures. Experienced in handling a full range of corporate intellectual property matters and business decision counseling, including patent, copyright and trademark clearance investigations, infringement studies and opinions, new product counseling, handling invention disclosures, including invention definition and valuation counseling, conducting prior art investigations and preparing patentability opinions. Experienced in patent interferences and ex-parte proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Managed a corporate patent portfolio in optical technologies.
Technical Experience:

Analyzed noise effects on a digital guidance system for a missile; modeled and tested a steering and stabilization system for a hydrofoil boat; prepared a design proposal for an airplane stabilization system; inventor of U.S. Patent 3,805,171 ("Frequency Detection Circuit" for a flowmeter.)
Analyzed noise effects on a digital guidance system for a missile; modeled and tested a steering and stabilization system for a hydrofoil boat; prepared a design proposal for an airplane stabilization system; inventor of U.S. Patent 3,805,171 ("Frequency Detection Circuit" for a flowmeter.)
Other Credits:

Contributed a number of articles tofessional legal journals.

Most recent update: November 6, 2003,
Contributed a number of articles tofessional legal journals.

Most recent update: November 6, 2003,